by bobh
2. November 2009 01:53
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Posted by Bob Herpy
Senior, Mechanical Engineering
This past weekend was the annual Athens County Halloween block party. For the block party the city shuts down Court Street (the main street in downtown Athens) from end to end. There are stages set up at main intersections with live bands playing all night. There are also many vendors that set up along the street to sell everything from gyros to burritos. Near evening time all the students and local citizens of Athens and neighboring cities don their best costumes for a leisurely stroll down the street to see others dressed up.
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This year a few friends and I dressed up as characters from the movie “Robin Hood Men in Tights”. Yes, this outfit required the wearing of bright green tights.
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Early in the day before the festivities started uptown I made a triple batch of my mother’s epically delicious award winning chili. This recipe normally only requires one pound of ground beef, I used closer to three and a half pounds, so you can imagine the amount of chili that was consumed by Robin Hood and his merry men.
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Other friends were also present for the dinner with costumes ranging from Loofas (the shower things) to witches, Bob Ross the painter, and even Batman graced us with his presence. Overall it was a great Halloween weekend with no rain and not too cold of weather.
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by kyul
30. October 2009 14:38
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Posted by Kyu Lee
Senior, Aviation
Halloween weekend starts today!
Fortunately, my unit (United States Air Force) did not call me in for drills this weekend and I will be able to enjoy the Halloween weekend with my friends.
Halloween has been a huge event for Ohio University for a long time. It's not an event only for our students--faculty, alumni, local people and students from other colleges from Ohio, WV and more enjoy the weekend as well. Tonight, a few of my friends will be coming down from Penn State to celebrate our greatest event, THE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND!
This weekend, there are several events that will be held at our university. Tonight, the School of Music's Symphony Orchestra will be performing with the Halloween custom at Memorial Auditorium at 7:30. Also the Bobcat men’s basketball team will be going against Taylor. And lastly tomorrow night, Court Street will be blocked for us to enjoy our Halloween night!
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by bryoni
30. October 2009 12:38
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Posted by Bryon Iacianci
Senior, Industrial & Systems Engineering
This weekend is Halloween weekend and it sure to be a lot of fun. Even before attending this university, I have heard many people talk about Halloween in Athens. It has traditionally been a huge block party that people come from all over to attend. Court Street is closed down and is just filled with tons of people in all sorts of different costumes. There are live bands set up on the street and everyone just has a great time. I am especially excited because I have some friends from back home coming to visit that I haven't seen since the summer.
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by carolynk
24. October 2009 10:42
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Posted by Carolyn Keenan
Junior, Computer Science
This Friday I had a few friends over to carve pumpkins, drink apple cider, and play cards. Carving the pumpkins was a little bit tricky--all we had were kitchen knives. I remember carving pumpkins as a kid with these special little saws with orange handles, but we looked everywhere and couldn't find any. They must be sold out for the season. Anyway, steak knives seemed to work.
I got fairly impatient with the carving, and my artistic abilities aren't the best, so I went for humor and carved the letter pi into mine (get it? pumpkin pie!). My friend Sam managed to carve the Incredible Hulk on one side and Picasso on the other, while the other two pumpkins were classic scary faces. We put them out on the balcony and lit them up. It was a miserable and rainy night, so they looked fearsome. Since the weather was so crummy, we stayed warm and dry, playing cards and watching goofy YouTube videos late into the night.
Next weekend is the much-anticipated Halloween party. I'm going to miss a good part of the weekend because I'm going to a programming competition in Cincinnati, but I think I'll be home in time for the Saturday night block party, which is always pretty fun. At the very least, we'll be able to light up the Jack-O-Lanterns again for everyone to admire.
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